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I like the idea, and think it has potential, but… The search engine is not great. The tutorial gives the example of searching for "execute+external+program". C
by PaulRobinson 8y ago
I like the idea, and think it has potential, but…
The search engine is not great. The tutorial gives the example of searching for "execute+external+program". Change "program" for "command", you're OK. Change "execute" for "run"and it bombs. For something that simple, this causes doubt that if I were to look for a solution to a problem in a language I was learning and it bombed, is the fault with cht.sh, or with me? Does the language even let you do that? I've have to run towards my browser to find out.
Also, the big advantage Dash has over this, and of course local generated docs (like Go's doc server et al), is that they are local. No network needed. I can be productive when offline, and when coding I often like to try and go offline. It's also faster, and for some docs I can even search a little with grep which I already remember. I can also get integrations with my editors, etc.
It's a great idea, I like it, and I think it has a niche, but it needs more synonyms in that search engine, and perhaps some integrations to make it a little more accessible to the workflow.
- dangoor 8y agoI agree about the search engine. I'm a big fan of Dash, but Dash is currently built around documentation rather than cheat sheets. If someone loaded up Dash with a bunch of cheat sheets, that would be really handy.
- tylerflick 8y agoDash absolutely has cheat sheets.
- dangoor 8y agoHoly cow! There's a whole category for them. How did I miss that?
- nolliebs180 8y agoUsing a commonly available bin like curl is great, but if codebase made me install something that would first run my query locally before hitting the net, that would be preferable. Because if I search for something, say ruby-related, then it's a good chance I'd search for something else later on that's ruby-related and having the command cache info locally would give me the same interface and quicker results later on.